Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

LSV-5 USS Monitor

• Landing Ship, Vehicle:
• Displacement: 7.927 tons
• Length: 455'5"
• Beam: 60'2"
• Draft: 20'
• Speed: 20 knots
• Armament: 4 5"/38 DP, 4x2 40mm, 20 20mm
• Complement: 33 officers, 448 enlisted
• Capacity: 44 DUKWs, 800 troops
• Steam turbine engines
• Built at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp, Pascagoula, Miss., and commissioned 30 June 1944

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Monitor
• History of USS Monitor
• USS Monitor ports of call
• Authorized campaign bars and stars
• Extract from Service Record...

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